Is this an "army crawl"?

dragonflyinn

So, E crawls all over the place and is shockingly fast.  S does not crawl on all fours.  He pulls himself around using only his arms.  I had always thought that army crawl would be using arms and legs but not on all fours.  He occasionally gets one foot up and propels himself but it is mostly all arms.  Is this what a typical army crawl is?

Also, is this considered crawling?  I mean he is getting around, but it is just weird (at least compared to his brother). 

pea-kay

sounds like it to me! that's how mine started out.

yankee42

yep! thats what i think it is...

its EXACTLY the same with my guys..ronnie is a movin machine, crawling like crazy..joey just drags himself along..but he can really move! i feel bad for the little fella, i hope he gets up there soon...his poor little belly gets all red from dragging on the floor!?

Mrs. Destructo

YES, it absolutely does count as crawling!!! I had many different people tell me that how they locomote themselves around doesn't matter, be it a drag, a butt scoot, or an all-out crawl - any method counts as meeting the developmental milestone.  CONGRATULATIONS!!

FWIW, my boys perfected the army drag at about 6 months but they got soooo fast with it that they didn't bother to learn to crawl for real until after their birthday - and then they only picked their bellies off the floor because I took their clothes off while I cleaned up a lunch mess and let them roam around on the cold kitchen tile floor.

jd0614

Yep, sounds like it!  i would call it the beginning of crawling!

AmberJane

Sounds like it's a crawl to me!  That's what our boys are doing, but I call it the wounded soldier crawl since they scoot around with one are, lol!  And it's amazingly fast how they get around!